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Wages growing strongly in Work Choices' first year, as disparity widens between mining and retail workers
Wages excluding bonuses have grown at a strong 4.1% seasonally adjusted in the first 12 months of Work Choices, just below the peak of 4.2% reached in 2005, while pay in mining is increasing at more than double the rate in retail and hospitality, according to the ABS.
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